# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PALLADIO, Andrea]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Palladio's most influential building for the history of domestic architecture is the Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana, known as La Rotonda, sited on a low hill near Vicenza. It was built for the church dignitary and humanist Paolo Almerico as a suburban retreat. The exterior is rather plain. The setting made it grand and inspired Palladio to give each side of the house, built on a centralised plan, a pedimented loggia, so as to enjoy the views on every side. Each portico is approached by a broad staircase, the steps are flanked by projecting walls. On the corners of these walls and on each pediment, statues extend the axis of the villa. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/p/palladio/2/rotonda.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of the Villa Rotonda. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Benedictine Monastery: General view]() - [Benedictine Monastery: General view]() - [Benedictine Monastery: General view]() - [Bridge over the River Tesina]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()